Results 13,801-13,820 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken or in hand by the EU and UN to address the situation in Myanmar in which the president has been deposed; if action will be taken against the instigators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12453/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the UN can be reformed to assert itself as a human rights defender at various conflict locations globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12454/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which a peace process is proposed in the Middle East with particular reference to the need to ensure the existence of a body to which complaints can be reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the international community can devise a means by which atrocities punishable by law can be referred quickly to the international courts with a view to bringing about a cessation of such violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12456/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if preparations will be made to refer the perpetrators of the various conflicts and abuses of human rights which appear to be going unchallenged by the international community to the International Criminal Court; the number of locations and perpetrators globally who fall into such a category; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the attention of the international community has been drawn to the atrocities taking place in Yemen; the actions taken or pending to bring the perpetrators to justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12457/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community can take action to bring about a cessation of atrocities in Ethiopia and Sudan; if the perpetrators will be referred to the International Criminal Court such as happened in Liberia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12458/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the top twenty most serious locations globally in which conflict and crimes against humanity are most prevalent; the extent of efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice through the EU or UN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12460/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps now being taken to restore the status of the UN as an internationally respected entity in peacekeeping or peace enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12462/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which UN peacekeeping forces can be relied upon to protect persons at various locations in which abuses are currently taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12463/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in the western Balkans continues to be monitored with a view to eventual EU membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12464/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the activities of the Boko Haram and Al Shabaab continue to be monitored by the international community; if a peacekeeping intervention will be possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12465/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU, UN and the international community in general can assist with a view to bringing about peace in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12466/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which bilateral and multilateral overseas development aid continues be targeted at those locations most in need globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12467/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the business sector on the island of Ireland continues to meet the challenges of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12468/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions taken by the EU directly or in conjunction with the UN to address issues such as the imprisonment of opposition leaders in the Russian Federation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment will be made to a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency notwithstanding the normal requirements for payment of basic social welfare entitlement without reference to six-month bank statements given that the applicant has been homeless for the past two years and that they have provided information in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he proposes to continue to support joint cross-Border activities on the island of Ireland with particular reference to addressing concerns arising from Brexit; if his Department will continue to support initiatives such as apprenticeship training or retraining with a view to addressing issues of social or economic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a timescale and regime has been agreed for Covid-19 vaccinations for undertakers with particular reference to those in the front-line who have direct contact with nursing homes and hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12185/21]

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I call Deputy Nolan. I am sorry about the time, but there is nothing I can do about it.